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Solicitor advises Northfield to delay bamboo ordinance action pending new state law
Summary
At the Feb. 24 Northfield work session, Solicitor Facenda said recent New Jersey legislation on invasive species — including running bamboo — may preempt local rules and recommended leaving the city's bamboo ordinance unchanged until the state law takes effect; enforcement in the interim is left to the Code Enforcement Officer.
At the Feb. 24 work session, Solicitor Facenda told the City Council that the State of New Jersey recently passed an invasive species prohibition act that specifically addresses running bamboo and could supersede lower-level local ordinances.
Facenda recommended the council leave Northfield's existing…
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